Claughton Hall
Claughton Hall | |
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General information | |
Type | Country house |
Location | Claughton, Lancashire |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 54°05′19″N 2°39′19″W / 54.088724°N 2.655216°W |
Opened | c. 1600 |
Technical details | |
Material | Sandstone |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Designated | 4 October 1967 |
Reference no. | 1071676 |
Claughton Hall (Claughton pronounced Grade I listed building, it dates to around 1600, but it contains material believed to be from the 15th century.[1]
The building was moved to its present site, from the bottom of the hill on which it sits,
It has been the home of former Blackpool F.C. owner Owen Oyston since the 1970s.[5][6] Oyston was found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at the property in 1996.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Claughton Hall – Historic England
- ^ Owen Oyston – The Steeple Times, 13 May 2012
- ^ Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 230
- ^ Historic England & 1071676
- Lancashire Evening Telegraph. 30 November 2000. Archivedfrom the original on 29 September 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
- ^ Karl Oyston interview – ShootingUK.co.uk, 26 December 2014
- ^ "The football club owners who fell from grace" – BBC News, 7 March 2014
- Sources
- Hartwell, Clare; ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
- Historic England, "Claughton Hall, Claughton, Lancaster (1071676)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 April 2015